The wonderful month of March...2024

Hello my dears... 

Thanks for dropping by the Blessed Hearth today..

A simply beautiful Easter Sunday here in New Brunswick... 

We have had a very good winter and it seems to be almost over..

 I think! One never knows for sure here.. smile.  

This post is going to be a bit of a mix mash.. 

These first pics are of our Easter weekend.. 

On Good Friday our family all gathered here for a dinner. 

It was simply wonderful!

The food was good but it was really the company that made it a memory for our hearts... 

Our two sons were not here.. One working and the other too far away.. 

But here in our hearts ... 

Grandson's table   

parent's table...

a few make and dos for Easter above..

a coffee can with modge podge and napkins for a plant holder

egg garland

needle felted pillow

crosses on each plate to remind us why we are celebrating such a glorious day... 

He died for us... 

And arose and He lives forever more... 

So thankful .... 

The rest are just bits of our days... 

been cleaning and decluttering bedrooms and such.. 

making homemade no knead breads... 

and crackers... so love these crackers... 

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reading lots of books as always and finding a few treasures at the thrift stores.. 

This old Gladys Taber book was a find.. 

And this one was free on my Kindle.. 

I recommend it 100 percent.. 

so good.. 

Food....

Made some Sofrito and Sazon Seasoning... 

and farmers cheese... 

seasoned it with herbs and garlic 

great on the crackers... 

This was a fun project and I love how it turned out... 

I thankfully had saved a couple of crocheted tablecloths when I decluttered my lace cupboard.. 

On Instagram I noticed a bunting on someone's page.. 

I do not know if they made their's but I found the tablecloth that looked like it was made from doilies... 

So with scissors and a glue gun and a string I made the bottom one.. 

The top one is just the edge of the tablecloth.. 

My dear man hung them for me.. 

He so loves doing these easy wee jobs for me.  lol... 

Then another old book recommended to me from my friend Becky and found it on Thrift Books.. 

Only Fifty Years Ago.. 

And a Sunday cake... 

Aunt Mary's cake here on the blog... 

Then one afternoon a few ladies from our church came for a wee Easter lunch. 

It was sweet fellowship.. 

Just served soup, salad and bread as I did my friends the month before.. 

Had Carrot cake though.. smile.. 

Then Terry and I celebrated our 54th anniversary... 

Not a big celebration but we went to a fave restaurant and bought each other a couple of gifts.. 

We laughed at our gifts for each other.. 

I had been wanting a bread pan for awhile so I got that and he came out of the store and passed me a lovely suade bag for shopping and I gave him tools... His fave thing.. smile.. 

The bread pan is for making sandwich bread and toast bread.. 

From amazon.. 

Anyway... dear hearts... 

so glad you dropped by.. 

I hope all is well in your world and I look forward to hearing from you.. 

I received so many dear condolences on the death of my sweet friend, Robbie.. 

A lovely girl started following my blog way back when i first started. 

She is a fantastic writer and loves the Lord.. 

If you get a minute perhaps you would like to go back to my last post and read the comment from Ann.. 

It is a long comment so you will see it quickly. 

So sweetly written! 

Thank you all for being so kind and thank you Ann for being my sweet friend all these years.. 

I appreciate you all.  

Oh and may I ask a favour.... 

If you sign in on Anonymous then could you just sign your first name and initial of your last name?

Please. 

 just so I know who you are next time.. K?  

God bless you all!

just a thought to close with.. 

I need to apply this to my life..💗

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An Afternoon with old friends.....

 

   

  

Hello everyone.. 

How are you doing? 

We are well and enjoying our winter days.. 

It won't be long and Spring will turn the corner and stay but not for awhile yet here in Eastern Canada... 

I want to apologize for the format of this post... 

I had done a post that dissappeared after a couple hours of work!!  I just didn't have the heart to do it again! 

So.... here I am a couple of days later with a much shorter version as I am scared it will not last long enough to post... 

I think our old desk top has a flaw or I do... 

I decided to just use my Chrome book even though I am not at all adept at using it... 

 

I had to come halfway down to get the words centred so let's get on with it.. 

 

In the above pics I will just pretend that you are my friends who spent an afternoon here last week... 

So... 

Come on in... 

Take your coats off and put them on the bed in the spareroom... 

Please have a seat.. 

Lunch is almost ready... 

I need to do just a few touches.. 

Put the bread on a tray and toss the salad.... 

We are going to have a wee Julia Child's style Valentine lunch..

Nothing as fancy as her's but just using her recipes as a little inspiration... 

A bit of fun.. 

My friends and I have known and loved one another for a very long time. . 

A few of us go back about 60 years.. 

When I was 12 years old we started going to church in Sussex and we have been friends with each other ever since.. 

A couple moved to Sussex and joined us in the early 1970's and so here we are now.. 

Old ladies with grown families and beautiful grandchildren and even a few great grandchildren.. 

We have so many blessed memories!

Our children grew up together.. 

Some even married each other and the rest have memories that will bless them for life... 

God was the centrepoint of our lives and bound us together.. 

We had joy but we have had sorrows but we have all been there for each other.. 

and in every storm Christ was there with us.. 

We have been blessed... 

Anyway... 

On with our little lunch.. 

I set the table the day before so I wouldn't be overwhelmed... 

It was just a lunch but I had not had them for ages and wanted it to be a wee bit special... 

I made the napkins and used my Mom's dishes... 

Goblets and glasses that I have used for forty years probably.. 

On Valentine's Julia has real red roses but I settled for a pot of minature ones in a pot.. smile.. 

and a chocolate foil wrapped one to take home.. 💞

But before we said grace and started our meal we took off our red hearts and pinned them on... smile.. 

just like Julia... 

If you can believe me.... 

I forgot to take pics of the food.. 

But at least I remembered to get a pic of my friends... 💓

Anyway.. 

We had Julia's Leek and Potato Soup... 

Homemade bread and Julia's crackers which are called Croutes... 

A garden salad with her Vinaigrette ...

I used her garlic version... 

Cheese and Olives.. 

Cranberry Juice and Water... 

Then we made tea and coffee and took our dessert to the livingroom.  

Terry had a fire going for us in both fireplaces... 

The girls wanted to know what to bring as we usually do potluck but I said just bring a valentine for each of us.. 

We could use our imaginations or whaever... 

So after enjoying our dessert we passed out our valentines and enjoyed that.. so much fun... 

We received cards, and crochet and potholders and candy (which I ate and forgot to take a pic of) and lovely hanging hearts... 

Since I didn't take enough pics I just added a few of the livingroom. 

a pillow I needle felted a few years ago..

I wrapped my valentines in old music paper and sealed with a button.. 

The roses were wrapped in old music paper too and the wool felt hearts I pinned onto the roses... 

It was a fun afternoon and I felt so much joy sharing lunch with them..

Thank you sweet friends and thank you Jesus for the joy you give.. 

So far so good so will share this little post that I did put on Instagram... 

Terry and I went for an afternoon out to the old farm to check up on it and gathered a few branches to make a few heart wreaths..

So this is how they turned out.. 

I liked the red Dogwood the best so used them.. 

Then made a felt stuffed heart to stick into the plant.. 

I put them in the tub and soaked them before trying to twist them with wire and snippers.. 

I think I may try and make a much larger one for outside.  

I love hearts all year round for decorating.. 

Do you?    

And here are the recipes I used.... 

So my dear hearts I will bid you farewell for today.... 

I am sorry for the weird type of post but Terry and I have decided that I need to do small posts and much more often. 

I know many of you like the ramble and rolls but until I get the old computer fixed or I figure it out with my grandson's help; I guess I will go this way... K?  

Please take care of yourselves and I just can;t close without recommending Jesus to you.. 

For your heart's sake..

For your families' sake and for eternity... 

He loves you with an everlasting love.... 

Thank you so much for dropping by and I so love your sweet notes that you leave... 

Catch me on Instagram or Facebook whichever turns your crank.. 

Hugs and prayers from New Brunswick... 

ps... Just wanted to mention that although we girls spent a lovely afternoon we had heavy hearts because we lost a precious friend last week... 

She was in a tragic traffic accident and went to meet her Lord and Saviour just in a heartbeat... 

She was dear to our hearts and we will miss her.. 

Loved you dearly Robbie... 

See you soon.... 💔